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[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay, that’s that working. Are we here? Can everyone hear me?
[RedLikeRoses]
Yep
[Yangtastic]
Yeah
[BlackCatBeastie]
I hear you
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Great. Weiss? You there?
[RedLikeRoses]
C’mon, Weiss, we know you’re online
[BlackCatBeastie]
Is her audio not working?
[Yangtastic]
Weiss-y. Answer us
[IceQueenSchnee]
I’m here. I just can’t believe you talked me into this
[RedLikeRoses]
C’mon Weiss, it’ll be fun
[Yangtastic]
Yeah, lighten up. What’s a little bit of geek culture?
Online?
Being viewed by a bunch of strangers?
Recorded for posterity?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay, Yang. You can stop now
[BlackCatBeastie]
Besides, there’s not that many people right now.
[RedLikeRoses]
You think there’ll be more?
[IceQueenSchnee]
I hope not
[Yangtastic]
BOOOOO!
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay. How about we just get started then?
[RedLikeRoses]
YEAH!
[Yangtastic]
Let’s get it started in here!
[BlackCatBeastie]
Alright
[IceQueenSchnee]
Very well.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay then. Let us all journey…into the world of Remnant.
In the world of Remnant there lie the four kingdoms of the world. The frozen kingdom of Atlas that lay on northern continent of Solitas, the continent of Anima where lay the glamorous kingdom of Mistral and, on the continent of Sanus, lie the kingdoms of Vacuo and Vale. Our story begins in Vale, the eastern-most kingdom of Sanus and home of Beacon Academy. There, young men and women from all across Remnant come together to become its greatest heroes, to learn the ways of the sword, of magic, of music and craft and that, ladies and gentlemen, is we meet our main characters. New arrivals to Beacon Academy, four young women are brought to the cliffside overlooking the Emerald Forest by the famous Professor Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon. There they will be given their first assignment and with it, their first steps into a brand-new life.
So, as you all approach the cliffside: Yang and Ruby, you guys are coming together so why not introduce us to your characters.
[Yangtastic]
You want to go first, sis?
[RedLikeRoses]
Sure!’
[RedLikeRoses]
You see a young human woman (think maybe 20-21) with short, messy black hair and big silver eyes, kind of pale, maybe 5-foot-3. She’s got a kind of punk-goth look to her you know she’s got a grey mesh top, black leather corset, red skirt with black leggings, fingerless gloves and knee-high boots. She’s also got this big red cloak with a hood as well
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
What about you, Yang?
[RedLikeRoses]
And she’s got a bunch of weapons on her, like a scimitar on her hip and a big longbow, crossbow and a glaive strapped to her back’
Sorry
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
It’s okay
[Yangtastic]
It’s cool.
You put a lot of thought into that, didn’t you? How long did you and Oscar work on your character?
[RedLikeRoses]
Me and Oscar, a week
On my own... about a year
I wanted my badass red riding hood, okay!
[Yangtastic]
Aw. Lol
[IceQueenSchnee]
Is that not a little obsessed?
[BlackCatBeastie]
How long did you work on your character, Weiss?
[IceQueenSchnee]
Not that long. I wasn’t wanting anything fancy. Just a rapier and some magic.
[RedLikeRoses]
Wait, Weiss. Did you go Bard?
[IceQueenSchnee]
Yes.
[Yangtastic]
HA!
[RedLikeRoses]
Aw that’s so you! You would be an awesome Bard.
[Yangtastic]
I thought Bards were meant to be charming?
[IceQueenSchnee]
I can be charming.
[Yangtastic]
Lol, sure.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Can I have control back, please?
Yang, your character: go
[Yangtastic]
Right. Well I’m a Fire Genasi because come on, literal hottie. She’s about 5’9”, athletic, red skin, yellow eyes, blonde hair that kinda looks like it’s on fire, cut kinda butch with an undercut sort of style. Dark yellow sports bra, tight black pants with brown knee-high boots, brown bomber jacket and some black fingerless gloves.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay. So, the pair of you approach the cliffside at the end of the academy grounds. It’s this huge drop down into the vast forestland that stretches out on to the horizon.
[RedLikeRoses]
Can I peek over the edge?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
I mean, there’s a fence put in place but you can roll a Perception check if you like
[RedLikeRoses]
Okay. I’m proficient in this
Poop. That’s a 4
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
It looks like a long way down
[RedLikeRoses]
Fair enough.
[Yangtastic]
Lol. Can I try?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Sure. Why not?
[Yangtastic]
Okay, that’s a 10 with negative 1 so: 9
[RedLikeRoses]
No fair.
[Yangtastic]
;-)
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
You strain your neck to find an angle where you can look down. You do a bit better than Crescent Rose but you still have no idea what the drop’s like
[Yangtastic]
Oh well, I tried.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
So, as you’re trying to peek down the edge of the cliff, you notice a pair of people approaching you.
One’s an older human man: grey hair, bit skinny, wearing this nice black suit under a dark blue cloak. He’s got these little reading glasses on the edge of his nose and in his hand is a finely crafted wizard’s staff.
The other person is a woman, elvish features, pale skin, blonde hair, green eyes, roughly about your height Ember
[Yangtastic]
Is she hot?’
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
…She’s attractive. But she’s got a stern look to her. Very high school English teacher stare
[Yangtastic]
Cool.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Something you’d go for Yang?
[Yangtastic]
Ha, maybe not. Seducing people’s the Bard’s job
[IceQueenSchnee]
I am not seducing anyone.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Yet
[RedLikeRoses]
Haha
[Yangtastic]
Lol
[IceQueenSchnee]
I hate you.
[BlackCatBeastie]
No you don’t
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Anyway...
This half-elf woman has a pair of glasses as well. She’s wearing what looks to be some kind of leather get up over what looks to be some kind of uniform
[Yangtastic]
Kinky
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Yang, come on
[Yangtastic]
Okay, I’ll stop
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Thank you.
She’s wearing leather armour over what seems to be some kind of uniform. There’s a dark purple capelet hanging off her shoulders.
The pin keeping it on is actually a religious emblem if you guys want to roll a Religion check
[RedLikeRoses]
Sure
[Yangtastic]
Can do.
That’s a 10
[RedLikeRoses]
20
[IceQueenSchnee]
Really?
[Yangtastic]
Awesome.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Well done
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Is that a Natural 20 or a soft 20?
[RedLikeRoses]
Soft 20; 19 + 1
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Don’t really know why I asked honestly, you pass either way. She’s wearing a symbol of Ioun, the Knowing Mentor. She’s the goddess of knowledge, learning and teaching
[BlackCatBeastie]
Makes sense that a teacher would follow a god like that.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Pretty much, yeah.
You notice strapped to her side are a mace and a wand and in her hands is a clipboard and quill. She makes a little huffing noise as you approach, writing something down on the board.
“Ember Celica and Crescent Rose. 5 minutes late”
[Yangtastic]
Wow. What a bitch.
[RedLikeRoses]
Do we know who these people are?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Yeah, you would know who the man is. The man is Ozpin, a powerful mage and hero turned schoolteacher, headmaster of Beacon Academy. The woman’s a little less known but she’s still pretty important in Vale, so roll History with advantage, seeing as you’re from Vale
[RedLikeRoses]
Okay. That’s a 7 and a 5
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
You know who this is. This is Glynda Goodwitch. You don’t know a ton about her but you know who she is’
[RedLikeRoses]
Guess I better apologise then.
“Sorry miss, won’t happen again”
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Goodwitch’s expression doesn’t really change but Ozpin’s face just curls into a little smile.
“Good morning, Miss Rose and Miss Celica,” he says “I hope your first night at Beacon was a pleasant one”
[Yangtastic]
I just shrug “Meh, can’t complain”
[RedLikeRoses]
I nod all enthusiastically. You’ll see that she’s practically vibrating “Ready for our first mission, sir!”
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
He just smiles at that “It’s always a good sign to see our young trainees so excited to get started”
Goodwitch pipes up at that “Now we just have to wait for Myrtenaster and Miss Shroud”
[Yangtastic]
“Who?”
[RedLikeRoses]
Yeah, Crescent’s a little confused by that as well “It’s not just going to be me and Ember?”
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Ozpin shakes his head “Beacon Academy puts a heavy emphasis on teamwork and cooperation between its students, so you’ll be spending most of your missions working with other people in allocated groups”
Goodwitch adds, not looking up from her clipboard “Not to mention that more people in the party means that you’re less likely to get yourselves killed”’
[RedLikeRoses]
“Wow. Okay”
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
At this point, a third person comes over to the cliffside.
Blake, would you like to introduce yourself?
[BlackCatBeastie]
Okay. You see approaching a female Shifter, early twenties with black hair and amber coloured eyes. She’s about 5’6”, tan skin, and she’s got leather amour over what looks like a white shirt, black pants and black boots with all the buckles and straps, some black ribbon tied around her wrists, daggers strapped to her arms and shortswords tied to her sides.
[Yangtastic]
What’s a Shifter?
[BlackCatBeastie]
Human with animal traits. I’ve got a flatter nose, more almond-shaped eyes and pointier ears. Basically I can turn into a catgirl for a little extra speed.
[RedLikeRoses]
I thought that was a Tabaxi?
[BlackCatBeastie]
No, Tabaxis are just cat-people. I can turn into a semi-cat person (technically).
[RedLikeRoses]
Oh. Okay
[Yangtastic]
Ember’s just going to look her up and down and say “Hel-lo. I’m Ember, and who are you?”
[BlackCatBeastie]
“Gambol Shroud” I give a little bow
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
“You’re late” Goodwitch says, not even looking up at you.
[RedLikeRoses]
“Hi, I’m Crescent Rose” I’ll stick my hand out for a shake and try and move the conversation along “It’s nice to meet you. Hope we get along together”
[BlackCatBeastie]
I’ll shake her hand and smile “I’m sure we will”
[Yangtastic]
Insight check
[IceQueenSchnee]
What?
[BlackCatBeastie]
What?
[RedLikeRoses]
Haha
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay then. Gambol, you can roll a Persuasion or Deception if you like
[BlackCatBeastie]
Okay. I’ll roll Persuasion I guess.
[Yangtastic]
12
[BlackCatBeastie]
10
[Yangtastic]
Haha! Tell me your secrets!
[BlackCatBeastie]
She’s a little nervous. She obviously wasn’t expecting to be stuck with other people, so she’s feeling a little awkward.
[Yangtastic]
Aww
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
And not long after comes the fourth and final member of the party...
Weiss, introduce yourself
[IceQueenSchnee]
“Hello everyone, my name is Myrtenaster”
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
I meant describe yourself, please
[IceQueenSchnee]
Okay then. You see a human woman, mid-twenties with pale skin and white hair tied into a long ponytail. White peacoat over a white dress with some white thigh-high boots.
[RedLikeRoses]
Any weapons or armour?
[IceQueenSchnee]
She has a rapier and a dagger on her hip. She’s wearing leather armour, but she’s wearing it under her coat so you can’t see it that well.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
“Myrtenaster” Goodwitch goes marking her clipboard “You are late”
[IceQueenSchnee]
Myrtenaster will stand there; hand on her hip, looking a little offended “Well I’m sorry, Miss Goodwitch but I’m afraid that...”
Wait. What time is it actually?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
I’d say about 9 in the morning
[IceQueenSchnee]
Okay, thanks.
“...9 in the morning is frankly an unreasonable time for someone to be prepared for an adventure!”
[Yangtastic]
Sassy
[BlackCatBeastie]
Reminds me of someone
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Glynda does not look impressed.
[IceQueenSchnee]
Myrtenaster will probably notice that. She’ll straighten up, fiddle with her ponytail “However, I’m sure that this is merely a learning experience that I can surely learn from and overcome”
[RedLikeRoses]
Nice save
[Yangtastic]
“Your name is Myrtenaster?”
[IceQueenSchnee]
“Yes”
[Yangtastic]
“That’s your real name?”
[IceQueenSchnee]
“It’s the name I use”
[RedLikeRoses]
“Good enough for me!” I’ll hold out my hand for a shake “Name’s Crescent Rose, I hope we get along together”
[IceQueenSchnee]
“...Yes” Myrtenaster will slowly shake her hand “I hope we do as well”
[BlackCatBeastie]
I’d like to Insight that please
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Fire away. Weiss, roll Persuasion or Deception
[BlackCatBeastie]
14
[IceQueenSchnee]
Natural 20
[RedLikeRoses]
Really?!
[Yangtastic]
Goddammit
[BlackCatBeastie]
Oh well. I guess I can’t read her at all then
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Not at all
[Yangtastic]
Can I try?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
I’m going to say no. You can’t beat a natural 20 roll unless your own Nat 20 is higher, and you have a -1 to your Insight
[Yangtastic]
Shit.
[IceQueenSchnee]
Ha-ha.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Try again another time. You might get lucky
“Excellent” Ozpin clasps his hands together “Now that your party has all been acquainted, we can get down to business”
[RedLikeRoses]
“What’s our mission, sir?”
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
He nods to Goodwitch, who reaches into a bag at her side and starts pulling of what look like four bottles containing a red liquid, and four small metal-capped rods.
“These,” he explains “are four Potions of Healing and Emergency Flares. Use them sparingly; they are single-use items”
So you guys can add a Potion of Healing and Emergency Flare each to your equipment
[RedLikeRoses]
Awesome
[Yangtastic]
K
[IceQueenSchnee]
Okay.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Alright
[Yangtastic]
I’m not seeing Emergency Flares anywhere on the menu.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
It’s a homebrew item
[Yangtastic]
Right. How do I access that?
[BlackCatBeastie]
It’s an optional setting when you’re character building
[Yangtastic]
I might not have hit that button.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
It’s okay. We can fix that for the next game, someone can just carry your Flare until then
[Yangtastic]
We’ll just say Ember gave it to Rose.
[RedLikeRoses]
“I’ll take that” Crescent just takes the Flare off of Ember “The last time you handled something like this it went off in your hand”
[Yangtastic]
“That doesn’t mean it’ll happen this time” Ember’ll be crossing her arms.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Gambol is going to quickly look the Flare over, just to see if it’s a magical item.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Roll an Arcana check
[BlackCatBeastie]
Natural 20
[Yangtastic]
Nice!
[RedLikeRoses]
Yes!
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
You’ve seen quite a few different types of flare throughout the years, some magical, some more mundane. Specifically, this is a magic model. You’d recognise that this type of Emergency Flare requires a command word to use”
[BlackCatBeastie]
“What’s the command word for these flares?”
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Goodwitch adjusts her glasses and says...
Actually first-off, does anyone speak Elvish?
[IceQueenSchnee]
I do.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay. Everyone recognises that she’s speaking a foreign language but Myrtenaster, you recognise it as Elvish, specifically the elvish word for “Beacon”
[IceQueenSchnee]
“Understood, Professor”
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
She nods, and Ozpin starts talking again “Below us lies the Emerald Forest, which as you may or may not know stretches out for about a thousand miles in every direction. Several nomadic and stable communities live throughout the forest. However not all of those people are peaceful or civilised, and that is where you fine young heroes-in-training come in. There have been reports of a group of goblinoids living no more than half-a-days travel from here in that direction” he points out somewhere vaguely towards the northeast. We are uncertain of their numbers, but we have sent a few parties out to patrol the forest, so you will not be alone”
[IceQueenSchnee]
“Excuse me, professors” Myrtenaster will raise her hand.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
“Yes, Myrtenaster?” Ozpin nods at you
[IceQueenSchnee]
“What type of goblinoids are you referring to? Do you mean goblins?”
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
“The bulk of their numbers appear to be goblins, yes, but some reports have also spoken of hobgoblins in their ranks, and we believe that they are being led by a bugbear”
[RedLikeRoses]
Seriously?
[IceQueenSchnee]
What? What’s a bugbear?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Roll History or Nature. Your choice
[IceQueenSchnee]
13.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Myrtenaster, you’ve read about bugbears before. They are the tallest type of goblinoid and they tend to be quite chaotic by nature. They tend to bully and look down on their smaller kin and boss them around when they get the chance
[IceQueenSchnee]
That maybe gives us one option then.
Myrtenaster will say “Not to sound ungrateful, but is facing a goblin band led by a bugbear not something a little...challenging for an untested team?”
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Ozpin sort of just makes this understanding smile “I’ve always been a firm believer in trial by fire. Facing such threats is something that will be expected of you on a daily basis. We will intervene if anything terrible happens, that is why we gave you the emergency flares, but we do expect you to handle this mission yourselves. The flares should only be used in the worst-case scenario. We will make sure you don’t die-”
“For long” Goodwitch chimes in
[RedLikeRoses]
What?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
“But apart from that, you should not rely on us to solve this problem. This is your mission. I have faith in you”
[IceQueenSchnee]
Myrtenaster will straighten up; fiddle with her hair a bit and say “Of course, sir. We will not let you down”
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Ozpin nods at you, and then nods to Goodwitch.
She nods back, and takes a large, folded piece of paper out from her bag “This is a map of this regions part of the forest. You’ll notice that there are marks where sightings of goblinoids have been seen. I would highly recommend starting there”
Who wants the map?
[RedLikeRoses]
Who has the highest Survival score? I’ve got a +2
[BlackCatBeastie]
Same
[IceQueenSchnee]
Same.
[Yangtastic]
+1. No map for me.
[BlackCatBeastie]
I’ll pass on the map. I have a high Stealth score so I’ll probably try to stay out of sight and scout.
[RedLikeRoses]
Okay. Weiss?
[IceQueenSchnee]
Myrtenaster will turn to Crescent Rose and look her up and down “I am not one who often goes travelling through forests on foot. Tell me, do you have any experience in the wilderness?”
[RedLikeRoses]
“Well, me and Ember grew up in a pretty rural place so I guess we spent some time in the woods”
[IceQueenSchnee]
“That will do” she just drops it into your hand “You can be the map reader”
[RedLikeRoses]
Crescent will just look at the other “Um, do you guys have any problem with that?”
[Yangtastic]
Ember just shrugs “You know that I don’t”
[BlackCatBeastie]
Gambol nods her head “My skills would be better suited to going unseen. If you can point the way, I can scout things out and keep a good eye out for danger”
[RedLikeRoses]
“Awesome. Are we good to go then?”
[Yangtastic]
“Yeah”
[BlackCatBeastie]
“Yes”
[IceQueenSchnee]
“Of course”
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
“Excellent” Ozpin points to an opening in the fence. “That path will lead you down into the forest. The staff will be on the lookout for flares but make no mistake. Once you leave the Academy grounds, you are on your own”
Myrtenaster will keep standing straight, try not to look as nervous as she feels, and nod “We will not let you down, sir”
[RedLikeRoses]
Crescent’s feeling the same way so she’ll just try to smile as well “We got this”
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
So you guys follow the path that Ozpin pointed out. It’s a fairly basic dirt path winding down the cliff towards the forest.
[Yangtastic]
Dare you to spit over the side
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
It takes an hour or two to make your way down the cliff-side but eventually you make your way to the forest’s edge.
So, as you guys are following the path into the forest, can I get a marching order?
[BlackCatBeastie]
I’ll be scouting ahead so I’ll go first
[RedLikeRoses]
I guess I’ll be next. I’ve got the map after all
[Yangtastic]
I’ll take up the rear
[IceQueenSchnee]
Well I guess my place’s decided for me.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay, so we’ve got Gambol, Crescent, Myrtenaster and Ember. So as you’re making your way through the forest, I’m going to need our map-reader to roll a Survival check
[RedLikeRoses]
9
[Yangtastic]
Oh boy.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
It takes you a bit of time to figure out how to read this particular map. This map isn’t a mass-produced store-bought thing, this is a custom map with codes and abbreviations that probably made sense to the cartographer that drew it, but you have no idea what they mean
[RedLikeRoses]
“Grrr, stupid thing”
[IceQueenSchnee]
“Is there a problem?”
[RedLikeRoses]
“This map’s different from all the other ones I’ve seen. It’s kind of hard to read”
[IceQueenSchnee]
“Allow me” and Myrtenaster will hold her hand out.
[RedLikeRoses]
Crescent Rose will just hand it over, no argument.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay, Myrtenaster: Survival check
[IceQueenSchnee]
Oh dear.
[RedLikeRoses]
What?
[BlackCatBeastie]
What is it?
[IceQueenSchnee]
I rolled a Natural 1.
[Yangtastic]
Wah-Wah-Waaaah
[RedLikeRoses]
Ouch
[BlackCatBeastie]
Bad luck.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
You have no idea how to read this map
[IceQueenSchnee]
Myrtenaster will just stare at this thing for, changing the angle every now before just going looking to the sky “Ugggh, why is this so difficult?”
[RedLikeRoses]
Hey Blake, is Gambol still with us?
[BlackCatBeastie]
No one’s told her to run ahead, so yeah.
[RedLikeRoses]
“Hey Gambol, we’re having trouble reading this map. Think you can take a crack at it?”
[BlackCatBeastie]
“I can try”
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Survival
[BlackCatBeastie]
15
[RedLikeRoses]
Yes, that’s better
[IceQueenSchnee]
Oh, thank god.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay, you guys are still on the path but Gambol, you think that maybe that you took a wrong turn at the last fork in the road. You look up at the sun, you know you’ve been in the woods for about an hour now so it’s probably just coming up to noon.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Would I be able to know which way is north?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
I would say no. You don’t have anything like a compass and with the midday sun it’s hard to tell
[BlackCatBeastie]
“Okay” Gambol will hand Crescent Rose the map back “I think we might be a little lost”
[IceQueenSchnee]
“Great”
[BlackCatBeastie]
“But I’ve got an idea. The map has some landmarks on it so I’m going to climb a tree and see I can’t spot anything”
[RedLikeRoses]
“Awesome. Fire away”
[BlackCatBeastie]
Okay. Gambol will look for the tallest looking tree nearby and start climbing.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Acrobatics
[BlackCatBeastie]
Do I get advantage if I use my Swiftstride ability?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
That just makes you move faster. It won’t help you here
[BlackCatBeastie]
Okay then.
22
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Easy enough.
You all watch as Gambol walks up to what looks like a large chestnut tree and then, with almost no effort at all, just starts hopping up through the branches to the top.
[Yangtastic]
“That’s hot”
[RedLikeRoses]
Was that Ember or Yang saying that?
[Yangtastic]
Both, honestly
[RedLikeRoses]
Crescent Rose is just going to roll her eyes at her then, and call up to Gambol “What do you see?”
[BlackCatBeastie]
What do I see?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Roll Perception
[BlackCatBeastie]
18
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
You’re up high enough in the branches that you can feel the branches bending ever so slightly under your feet, but to your natural sense of balance: easy. You look to your left and you see the cliff that you came from a few miles off. It is big. The tree you climbed was a fairly tall one but you still have to crane your neck up to see the top
[BlackCatBeastie]
Any other landmarks?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
As you look around you don’t any particular landmarks per se, but what you do see are a few columns of smoke rising into the air
[BlackCatBeastie]
I am right in guessing that they’re campfires of some kind and not natural fires?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
They are definitely man-made.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Okay. I’ll climb back down, tell the group what I saw and figure out where to go from there.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay, you make your way down and looking at the map, you figure that between where the cliff is and the closest marker that the campfires up ahead are goblin sites
[BlackCatBeastie]
I’ll point in the direction of the nearest one and say “Goblins over that way. I suggest we try and stay quiet from here on out”
[RedLikeRoses]
I’ll nod and look to the others.
[Yangtastic]
I nod back.
[IceQueenSchnee]
Myrtenaster will slump a little bit, but she’ll nod as well “Very well”
[BlackCatBeastie]
Gambol will probably smirk a bit as she says “Try and keep up”.
How far apart are the trees from one another?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Far enough that you’d an Acrobatics check to move through them. I’m assuming that’s you want to do
[BlackCatBeastie]
Yes
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Roll away
[BlackCatBeastie]
Dammit. 11
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
That’ll pass.
Okay now. As everyone is now trying to move through the forest quietly, I’m going to need a group stealth check. Gambol, you’re moving separate from them so you’ll be rolling for yourself.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Okay
[Yangtastic]
20. Soft 20
[IceQueenSchnee]
12.
[RedLikeRoses]
21
[BlackCatBeastie]
15
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Lovely.
Making your way off the path and into the bushes Myrtenaster, this isn’t your go-to place but even then your manage to make your way through without too much hassle, following Ember’s and Crescent Rose’s steps you manage to avoid the branches and twigs that would snap under your feet. Gambol, your leaping isn’t as graceful as you’d probably like. The branches and leaves tremble ever so slightly as jump between them. That being said Ember, Crescent Rose and Myrtenaster; you have no idea where Gambol is hiding. You know she’s with you, but you no idea where.
[RedLikeRoses]
That’s so cool
[Yangtastic]
Awesome
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
It takes about another 10-15 minutes before you hear noises. High pitched chattering voices.
Does anyone speak goblin?
[RedLikeRoses]
Nope
[Yangtastic]
No
[BlackCatBeastie]
No
[IceQueenSchnee]
No.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay. You recognise it as a probably a language but you can’t understand any of it
You come to a stop just as the brush opens up into a clearing. You see what looks to be the smoking remains of a fire. There are three goblins squabbling over looks to be some kind of cooked meat.
[RedLikeRoses]
Is it people?
[IceQueenSchnee]
Ew. Why would you ask that?
[RedLikeRoses]
Weiss, they’re feral goblins
[Yangtastic]
Goblins are crazy
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Roll Perception
[RedLikeRoses]
Ha! Natural 20!
[Yangtastic]
Way to go, sis
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
It’s been clawed and chewed up but you can tell it’s some kind of rabbit or hare. Judging from the smell it was probably why they made the fire in the first place
[RedLikeRoses]
Okay, so these guys don’t eat people
[BlackCatBeastie]
Gambol’s going to quietly climb down to the rest of the group.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
This close, I’m going to ask you to roll Stealth. Just to see how much noise you make coming down.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Dammit. That’s a 12
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
The tree sways a bit as you climb down, but no more than the others blowing in the wind
[IceQueenSchnee]
Weiss will nearly jump as Gambol lands beside them “Please don’t do that”
[BlackCatBeastie]
“Sorry”
[RedLikeRoses]
“Did you see the goblins?”
[BlackCatBeastie]
“Yeah, I count three of them. What’s the plan?”
[RedLikeRoses]
“Well I know Ember and I have some ranged weapons on us. What about you guys?”
[IceQueenSchnee]
“I’m afraid not”
[BlackCatBeastie]
“I have daggers that I can throw”
[IceQueenSchnee]
That’s right, you can throw daggers. I have a dagger as well then.
[RedLikeRoses]
“Okay. Here’s my plan. We’ll spread out and surround them, seeing as they don’t know we’re here, and we’ll take them by surprise”
[Yangtastic]
“Do we have to? I mean, I’ve always preferred a straight fight”
[RedLikeRoses]
“These guys are armed, Ember. I don’t want to take any chances”
I’m assuming they’re armed?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
They are. You can see they’ve all got bows strapped across their backs and what look like scimitars at their waists
[Yangtastic]
Ember will pout a bit “Fine. You’re lucky I like you”
[RedLikeRoses]
“Mmph” I stick my tongue out
[Yangtastic]
I do it right back.
[BlackCatBeastie]
“Shall we then?”
[RedLikeRoses]
I nod “We shall. Gambol you go round that way” I point to my left. “Myrtenaster, that way” I point the other way. “Ember and me will stay here”
[BlackCatBeastie]
I nod and start moving away.
[IceQueenSchnee]
Myrtenaster will narrow her eyes a bit, but goes where Crescent Rose pointed anyway.
[Yangtastic]
I want to Insight that.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Fire away. Weiss, if you’re trying to hide something, Deception. If not, I’ll contest it against your Passive Insight
[Yangtastic]
Crap. 9
[IceQueenSchnee]
7.
[Yangtastic]
Alright. What was with that look?
[IceQueenSchnee]
Myrtenaster’s not used to being told what to do by someone that’s younger than her. She’s not saying anything because she does actually like the plan, but she did not like being told what to do.
[Yangtastic]
Ooh, drama.
[BlackCatBeastie]
That’ll be interesting further down the line
[Yangtastic]
I’ll look to Crescent Rose “Think you can spare me some bolts?”
[RedLikeRoses]
“I’ll give you ten”
[Yangtastic]
“That’ll do”
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay. Mark that in your inventory. Everyone roll Stealth. Gambol and Myrtenaster for moving through the brush, Ember and Crescent Rose for moving your gear around
[IceQueenSchnee]
17.
[Yangtastic]
12
[BlackCatBeastie]
Dammit. 10
I’m meant to be good at this
[RedLikeRoses]
21
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
They’re distracted by their food and their argument so they don’t notice any of you.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Thank God
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
So, if we’re starting combat. Everyone roll Initiative!
[RedLikeRoses]
Hell yeah!
[Yangtastic]
*TRUMPET NOISES*
[IceQueenSchnee]
18.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Natural 20
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
To a total of?
[Yangtastic]
18
[BlackCatBeastie]
23
[RedLikeRoses]
8
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay. Gambol, you’re first”
[BlackCatBeastie]
Okay. I’m going to throw my dagger at the one closest to me
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
If you don’t want to throw with disadvantage, you’re going to have to move 10ft forward
[BlackCatBeastie]
Done
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay. Roll attack
[BlackCatBeastie]
Shit! Natural 1
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Your throw goes wide, landing into the campfire with the sound of cracking wood. All the goblins freeze as they slowly turn to look at you. They are now all aware that they’re under attack Gambol, you have been spotted.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Crap. I’ll throw my second dagger.
16
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
That’ll hit. Same guy?
[BlackCatBeastie]
Same guy.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Roll damage. Remember, because it’s an off-hand attack you don’t get any bonuses
[BlackCatBeastie]
That’s a 1 then.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Unlucky.
The dagger whistles through the air, but in your haste the aim isn’t quite what you’d hoped. The goblin, almost instinctively, ducks his head just as the dagger cuts a line across his scalp. You hear a yelp from him, but he seems only slightly injured.
Speaking of that goblin, he’s going draw his shortbow and take aim at you.
He rolled a 7 so that misses.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Yes it does.
[RedLikeRoses]
Go Gambol!
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
He opens fire but you’re ready for it, weaving out of the way as it flies past you into the bushes.
Myrtenaster, your turn
[IceQueenSchnee]
I’m going to run out and throw my dagger at the one standing alongside the fire.
5.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Misses, sorry. The dagger just flies past him
[IceQueenSchnee]
Damn. I’ll just back up into the bushes then.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
How far back?
[IceQueenSchnee]
Just 10ft. Will that give me any cover?.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
I’d say no. But if you move behind the tree to your left I’ll give three-quarters cover.
[IceQueenSchnee]
I’m not sure what that means but I’ll take it.
[RedLikeRoses]
It means you have a +5 to your AC if someone tries to shoot you through it.
[IceQueenSchnee]
Oh, brilliant.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay. You are behind that tree. Ember, your turn.
[Yangtastic]
Open fire on the closest guy.
NATURAL 20 MUTHAFUCKA!!!!
[RedLikeRoses]
HELL YEAH!
[BlackCatBeastie]
YES
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Well done. Critical hit means you double the number of dice. That that’d be 2d8, plus whatever modifier you have
[Yangtastic]
16 damage
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Headshot.
You watch as this crossbow bolt flies straight the goblin’s head, punching a messy hole through one ear and out the other. He drops dead, without a sound.
[Yangtastic]
Bonus action reload!
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay.
His friend, watching his fellow goblin’s brains just scatter across the dirt, looks over to where the shot came from, sees your bright red form in the bushes and returns fire.
And he rolls a Natural 1, so he misses.
[Yangtastic]
Ha. Lol
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Realising that, he’s going to start running to the north.
Crescent Rose, you’re up.
[RedLikeRoses]
I’m going to shoot the runner
24
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
That’ll hit. Roll damage.
[RedLikeRoses]
9
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
You stop him in his tracks. His back turned, he doesn’t see the bolt coming and it gets him right in the back of his neck. He falls, dead.
[RedLikeRoses]
Bonus action reload
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay. Gambol, your turn again.
[BlackCatBeastie]
I’d like to run in and finish off the last goblin
17 with the shortsword
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
That hits
[BlackCatBeastie]
4
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Drawing your shortsword you leap at the last goblin swinging down as you slash him across the chest. He doesn’t fall but he’s in bad way, he’s barely standing.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Can I use my bonus action to hit him again?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Afraid not. You can only bonus action hit with your off-hand and you can only draw one weapon with your action.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Okay. That’ll be my turn then
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay. The goblin, looking at its fallen comrades and seeing it’s outnumbered, is going to Disengage with his bonus action and run for his life. Dashing, double movement, into the woods.
[RedLikeRoses]
Can we chase him?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
You can try. He is going 60ft per round now.
[IceQueenSchnee]
I think its better we just let him go. If we follow him, we may run into more.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Chase him or leave him? What’s it going to be?
[IceQueenSchnee]
Leave him.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Let him go
[RedLikeRoses]
Let him go
[Yangtastic]
No survivors!
Well, never mind then.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay. Combat over then.
As the goblin retreats into the wood, the four of you gather around the remains of the campfire. What do you do next?
[BlackCatBeastie]
First things first, I’m grabbing my daggers.
[IceQueenSchnee]
Me too.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay.
[RedLikeRoses]
Do Yang and I get our crossbow bolts back?
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Since you only used one apiece I’ll say yes. The more you use, the less you get back.
[BlackCatBeastie]
After she’s got her daggers back, Gambol will say “That goblin may bring reinforcements, or at least alert the others to our presence”
[IceQueenSchnee]
“We’d better get moving then”
[Yangtastic]
“Hold up! I’m looting the bodies”
[IceQueenSchnee]
“Do we really have the time?”
[RedLikeRoses]
“We need to figure out where the next goblin camp is anyway. I’d say Ember can loot the bodies while Gambol and I figure out our location”
[IceQueenSchnee]
Myrtenaster’s hands are going straight to her hips “And what am I going to?”
[RedLikeRoses]
“Keep an eye out. Like you said, that goblin may bring backup”
[IceQueenSchnee]
I pout “Fine”, spin on my heel and look out for any incoming danger.
[Yangtastic]
I loot the bodies.
[BlackCatBeastie]
I guess I’ll climb a tree.
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Weiss: Perception.
Yang: Investigation.
Blake: Acrobatics.
Ruby, what are you doing?”
[RedLikeRoses]
I’m waiting to see whether or not Gambol gets up the tree.
[IceQueenSchnee]
18.
[Yangtastic]
12
[BlackCatBeastie]
10
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay. First of all: Myrtenaster: there’s nothing out there, all clear.
Ember, you able to look the two goblins over, all they’re carrying is what they have already visible: Two sets of Leather Armour (neither of which would fit anyone), two tiny shitty-looking shields, two scimitars, two shortbows and about 19 arrows between them.
Gambol: You made it up the tree. Took you a little longer that you would normally do so, but you made it. Roll Perception”
[RedLikeRoses]
Can I help her?
[BlackCatBeastie]
15
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay. Roll with advantage Blake.
[BlackCatBeastie]
21
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Yeah. With Crescent Rose calling up to you and pointing out where the nearest camps should be, you’re able to see the nearest one easily. By your estimate, it would take maybe half hour to get to, maybe a little longer if you were being careful.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Okay, I will climb back down and relay that to Crescent Rose “What’s the plan?”
[RedLikeRoses]
“We’ve been spotted now, so we’re probably better off stealthing from here on out”
[BlackCatBeastie]
“Okay. I’ll stick to the trees when I can. Maybe give you a heads up to danger”
[RedLikeRoses]
“Good idea”
[Yangtastic]
“So does anyone want some free weapons?”
[BlackCatBeastie]
What type of weapons are shortbows and scimitars?
[RedLikeRoses]
Scimitars are martial weapons and I’m pretty sure shortbows are just simple weapons
[IceQueenSchnee]
I can’t use martial weapons. Can I have one of the shortbows?
[BlackCatBeastie]
Can I have the other one?
[RedLikeRoses]
I have no problem with that. Yang?
[Yangtastic]
No problem. How do want to split up the arrows?
[IceQueenSchnee]
I’ll take 9. You can have the other 10, Blake.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Thanks
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Okay. So as the party splits up their new spoils and begin to head off hunting for goblinoids again, that’s where I think we’ll stop for today.
[RedLikeRoses]
Aww
[Yangtastic]
Can’t we keep playing?
[BlackCatBeastie]
I was actually enjoying myself
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Sorry guys, but I do have homework.
[IceQueenSchnee]
Shall we be doing this again?
[Yangtastic]
Wait. Did Weiss have fun?
[IceQueenSchnee]
I’m interested to see what happens next.
[BlackCatBeastie]
Welcome to the world of D&D, Weiss Schnee
[IceQueenSchnee]
Let’s not be too dramatic.
[RedLikeRoses]
ONE OF US
[Yangtastic]
ONE OF US!
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Also, just before everyone goes, you’re all level 2 now.
[RedLikeRoses]
Already?
[Yangtastic]
WOOHOO!
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Yeah. First milestone: Your first fight as a team. Plus it’s harder to make interesting fights when you’re a bunch of squishy level 1s.
[RedLikeRoses]
Ha. Fair enough.
[Yangtastic]
Lol
[IceQueenSchnee]
Does that mean we get new powers?
[BlackCatBeastie]
It depends on the class. How’s about we talk once we’ve logged off. I’ll help you out.
[IceQueenSchnee]
Okay.
[RedLikeRoses]
I guess that’ll be me and Yang away as well then
Bye now!
[RedLikeRoses has left the chat]
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful]
Bye guys.
[Yangtastic]
Bye everyone
[Yangtastic has left the chat]
[IceQueenSchnee]
Goodbye.
[IceQueenSchnee has left the chat]
[BlackCatBeastie]
See you all tomorrow
[BlackCatBeastie has left the chat]
[OzzytheGreatnPowerful has left the chat]